Set Design and Development: creating a 3-D environment with cut outs and balsa wood/

rough sawn pine model 'hides'.

Production: Introducing light and creating atmosphere

Production: configuring the set as a modular design to construct the best possible compositions for each shot in camera.

Production: Exploring lenses, depth of field and in-camera effects such as magnification. Working in this way significantly reduced applying digital visual effects in post production, looked better and was much more fun.

An example of a production background plate showing the final outcome of the design. The digital 2-D character animations were composited into the photographed environment using tracking markers and Adobe After Effects.